Improvement in fence-posts



J. HAYNE. Pence-Post.

No. 216,037. Patented June 3,1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

JOHN HAYNE, OF MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCE-POSTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 216,037, dated June 3,1879 application filed September 17, 1878.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN HAYNE, ofMarshalltown, in the county of Marshall and State of Iowa, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvement-s in Fence-Posts and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention relates to wire fences having metallicfence-posts and it consists in a bent wire fastening formed with acentral semicircular bend and curved arms, in combination with thefence-wire and the fencepost having a slotted rib and side ribs, all ashereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings, to which reference is made, and which fullyillustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a fence-postwith fence-wires and my improved fastening. Fig. 2 is a side view of thesame; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line a: m, Fig. l.

A represents a fence-post, made preferably of wrought-iron, in the shaperepresented in the drawings. B is the base or foot, formed withspear-shaped wings or blades b, which, when being drivenin the ground,tend to hold the post rigidly in place.

The upper part or fence-post, A, is constructed with ribs a, a, whichserve the purpose of materially strengthening the post.

In the front rib, a, is cut a series of notches, c, at suitabledistances apart for the insertion of the wires 0 and the fastenings D,for bolding the wires. Each of these notches is cut with a horizontalpart, 11, from and through the edge of the rib inward for a suitabledistance.

From the inner end of the part 01 extends a vertical part, c, downwardfor a suitable distance, and a notch, w, is made at the top in the innerend of the horizontal part 01 of the notch.

The wire 0 is passed through the opening (1 and down into the slot 0,when the locking or fastening device D is inserted and rests on the wire0, thus locking the same.

The locking device D is made of a single piece of wire bent to form acentral semicircle, f, and two arms or pins, 9 g, which are curved asshown, and when in position their convex sides h h touch or come incontact with the side ribs, 0/ a, of the fence-post, immediately attheir junction with the rib a, and behind the wire 0.

It will be noticed that the central bend, f, of the fastening D lies ontop of the wire in the vertical slot 6, and the arms g, passing behindthe wire, are, by their peculiar form, pressed by the wire against theribs or of the fence-post, so that while the fastening device is pressedby the wire against the post the fastening device holds the wire in theslot.

To release the wire 0 the bottoms of the arms g of the fastening arepushed upward, and the fastening can either be taken out entirely orsimply moved upward into the notch (r. In either case the wire O caneasily be removed or tightened, as required.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The bent wire fastening D, formed with the central semicircular bend, f,and the curved arms g g, in combination with the fence-wire (l and thefence-post having slotted rib a and side ribs, a, substantially as andfor the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HAYNE. Witnesses:

J. L. CALDWELL, W. SHERMAN.

